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Remembering Marni Nixon

By Bud Wilkinson “The American cinema’s most unsung singer” is what “The New York Times” calls Marni Nixon in an obituary posted today.  Like other obits, the newspaper’s story notes that it was Nixon who did the singing in some celebrated movie musicals from

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Record Crowd At Indian Day

SPRINGFIELD – The Indian “motocycle” brand dates back 115 years to the company’s founding here in 1901. Dana Faucher can connect the dots on history’s timeless back much earlier – centuries, in fact, to the 1600s – when talking about his 1936 Indian Chief that he’s named

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Dazzling Revival Of Hilltop Farm Show

SUFFIELD, CT – It was hot on the hilltop today as Hilltop Farm revived its vintage motorcycle show after a four-year sabbatical, and one old bike stood out in particular and required sunglasses to squint at. It was a brilliant all-chrome 1947 Indian Chief police edition with

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If You Had Asked Me…

Summer’s here, those days of soda and ice cream and chip-sealing. Before getting to two of those three items, a quick reminder that this monthly “If You Had Asked Me, I Would Have Told You…” column is a catch-all for news items, rumors, odd stuff that I’ve stumbled across as …

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Safe Riding: You’ve Passed, Now What?

Each year, many entry level riders hit New England roadways having passed rider education courses and obtained an “M” on their licenses, and that’s the proper way to do it. Learning from friends, spouses or “Uncle Bob” is probably not the best choice to

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“Harley and The Davidsons” Trailer

LOS ANGELES – The founding of Harley-Davidson in Milwaukee gets recalled in a new three-part miniseries from Discovery Channel titled “Harley and The Davidsons,” which will premiere at 9 p.m. ET on Monday, Sept. 5 and air on

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Yamaha Recall Of 11,280 Bikes

A Yamaha recall of 11,280 of its YZF-R3 sport bikes from the 2015 and 2016 model years for power train and engine/engine cooling issues is underway. All were manufactured between

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Two Drink Maximum At Parrott Delaney

NEW HARTFORD, CT – A sign stating “TWO DRINK MAXIMUM” is not often seen in a bar. In fact, I’ve never seen one like it before in nearly 45 years of legally imbibing in probably 26 states from coast to coast and in some 14 other countries. But there it was, …

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Indian Recall Of 18,000+ Bikes

MINNEAPOLIS – Indian is recalling more than 18,000 motorcycles from the 2014 through 2016 model years due to a fire risk potentially caused by elevated exhaust temperatures. A total of 18,367 of the

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IMS Slate Shrinks For 2016-2017

SANTA MONICA, CA – A shrinking list of cities will participate in the 36th annual Progressive International Motorcycle Shows (IMS) tour for 2016-17. There will only be seven stops. That’s down from

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